About The Shrine & LuLu Shriners
LuLu Shrine, created January 19, 1884, is the 16th of 195 international Shriners temples. Originally, The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, also commonly known as Shriners and abbreviated A.A.O.N.M.S., established in 1870, is an appendant body to Freemasonry, based in the United States. In 2010, the Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, as well as Shriners North America, changed its name to Shriners International, now covering over 200 temples (chapters) across North America, South America, Europe and Southeast Asia.
The organization is best known for the Shriners Hospitals for Children, now Shriners Children’s, it administers and the red fezzes that members wear. The organization is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.[2] Shriners International describes itself as a fraternity based on fun, fellowship and the Masonic principles of brotherly love, relief and truth. There are approximately 300,000 members from 204 temples (chapters) across the world.